Soft Lanterns

(hmmm, mmm) There was a light at the end of the street,

Always appearing when the day grew weak.

I never knew where the light would go,

I only knew I wanted to follow.

The evening carried a familiar sound,

Footsteps disappearing without a sound.

I kept my distance,

I let it be,

Some stars are beautiful because they're far from me.

I never reached for the sky,

I only watched it turn to blue.

Somewhere between the night and morning,

I found a little

piece of you.

You were the light I followed home,

The moon I watched but never owned.

A distant window glowing warm,

A place I'd never call my own.

And I don't know what I was chasing,

Maybe nothing, maybe you— Some roads aren't meant to lead somewhere,

They're just meant to lead you through.

There was a train I watched each night,

One window glowing in the white.

I never knew who sat inside,

But somehow I hoped you'd be there.

The seasons changed the trees and streets,

The rain erased the footprints beneath.

Still, every autumn, when the evenings grew cold,

I found myself walking the road I knew.

Perhaps I loved the possibility,

The version of you I never knew.

Sometimes a heart can build a home

Inside a view.

If the moon ever asked me Why I kept looking up,

I'd tell it about a certain light That once made the darkness

soft.

I never touched the flame,

Never held it in my hands.

But it taught me how beautiful

A distant thing can be.

You were the light I followed home,

Even when the light was gone.

A little glow behind the years,

A melody without a song.

And maybe that's what love becomes When it never gets its chance—

Not a story with an ending,

Just a shadow learning how to dance.

There was a light

At the end of the street.

I never reached it.

I never needed to.

I just liked the way it made the night look beautiful.